VekraPain is all I feel.My teeth are gritted and I dig my fingers into the ground and crawl forward, back the way I came from. It is too far a distance from my home, I ran for too long. All I can think of is poison. When and how did I come into contact with it? I have not eaten since we were sent out of our homes like criminals. I have not slept and my interactions have been limited to my pack. My body seizes again and pain burns a fiery path through my veins. I whimper and fall to the ground, panting as I try to regain my breath. I am going to die right here, alone and lost within this forest, I can tell. And then the first bone breaks. I collapse to the ground and I scream, blood filling my mouth, a sickening realisation hitting me with the force of a hammer. I was so eager, so happy that I would go through my First Shifting soon. It is here now, and by the gods it couldn't have come at a worse time. I have heard enough testimonies to know how this goes. This pain that is
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